Task 36: Material and Energy valorisation of waste in a Circular Economy
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Agri-food waste shows promise for bioenergy in Ireland
Jun 2021In Ireland, agriculture remains the single largest contributor to overall greenhouse gas emissions at 35%. The sector has a key role to play in the provision of feedstocks for the production of biogas as a renewable energy resource for the decarbonisation of the transport and heat sectors in particular. University College Dublin is leading the […]
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CircWtE in a nutshell
Jun 2021CircWtE is a knowledge-building project involving industrial and public actors all along the MSW management value chain. The project is starting in June 2021 and will last until 2024 with a total budget of approx. 2.5 million €. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway (Grant number 319795) and the partners CIVAC, […]
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BIOSYNGAS
Jun 2021BIOSYNGAS aims at improving many aspects of biogas production plants in Norway. Biogas plants face numerous challenges most of them are related to the so called digestate, a by-product that should be exploited as it contains important nutrients that act as a fertilizer in agriculture. It is a wet/solid fraction that is generated after digesting […]
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Plastic roadmap
Jun 2021The roadmap provides guidance for reaching a sustainable use of plastic and identifies four areas where it is necessary to work harder. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency launched in May the roadmap for sustainable use of plastic. This document provides and overview of where the country is going in terms of sustainable use of plastic; […]
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SUP Ban in Ireland
Jun 2021Ireland aims to reduce the volume and impact of specific plastic products on the environment through Directive (EU) 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. This is commonly referred to as the Single Use Plastics Directive. Single-use plastic products (SUPs) are used once, or for a short period […]
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Deployment of bio-CCS: case study on Waste-to-Energy
Jun 2021IEA Bioenergy Task 36 contributed to the intertask project Deployment of bio-CCUS value chains with an overview of the Fortum Oslo Varme (FOV) WtE case in Oslo, Norway. This case study is part of a series of studies carried out under the Deployment of BECCS/U Value Chains project with the aim to highlight sector-specific characteristics. […]
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Transitioning towards a decarbonised circular economy: Focus on Waste to Energy
Jun 2021IEA-Bioenergy Task 36 discusses this hot topic at the SABIA NATIONAL BIOGAS CONFERENCE 2021 (online from South Africa) With the increased need to incorporate renewable energy resources in the energy mix, the transition towards a decarbonized circular economy has become a “hot topic” among policy makers, governmental departments and local authorities. However, not many countries […]
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Join us in SABIA National Biogas conference on the 1st June
May 2021SABIA (Southern Africa Biogas Association) in collaboration with IEA Bioenergy Task 36 are organizing the SABIA INTERNATIONAL BIOGAS CONFERENCE – Transitioning towards a decarbonized circular economy with focus on Waste-to-energy on the 1st of June. Among the speakers, four of our task members will held talks about Hydrogen production from waste (Daniel Roberts, CSIRO); Lessons […]
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New publication: Deployment of bio-CCS -case study
May 2021Deployment of bio-CCS: case studies Substantial amounts of ‘negative emission’ initiatives (= extracting CO2 from the atmosphere) may be required if global climate change is to be limited to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, as is the ambition of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Among the different negative emissions options available, bioenergy with carbon capture […]
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